Ask Pacific Standard: Food Insecurity Social Justice Why Are More Schools Going After Families for Lunch Debt? More than 75 percent of school districts reported school lunch debt in the previous school year, and 40 percent say their debt is growing. Emily Moon
News in Brief Why the USDA Wants to Put Whole Milk Back in School Lunches The fight between public-health concerns and the food industry's needs will play out on school lunch menus—again. Emily Moon
Economics Hunger Is Bad, Especially for Kids The Obama administration recently announced two new initiatives to reduce childhood food insecurity. Here's why that's a really, really good thing. Dwyer Gunn
Social Justice Do School Lunches Plump Up Poor Kids? A program to ensure all American children get at least one good meal a day may lie behind their expanding waistlines. Oddly, a breakfast program does not. Emily Badger